FlashTrace

FlashTrace is a desktop app (with a lightweight web dashboard) for embedded teams to make firmware flashing and hardware bring-up repeatable across benches and factories. It orchestrates J-Link/ST-Link/OpenOCD flashing, captures UART logs, and records power/USB events into a single run artifact tied to a device serial number. The app generates a “known-good” flashing recipe per board (boot pins, reset timing, baud, memory map) and enforces it so new hires and contract manufacturers don’t improvise. It also flags common failure patterns (bad boot mode, wrong target voltage, flaky cable, incorrect fuse/option bytes) using rules plus optional AI log summarization. This is not a generic CI tool; it’s a practical bench-side reliability layer that reduces wasted hours, scrapped boards, and inconsistent factory yields.